RunRace: Eleventh Annual Terra Sans Pave Trail Runs


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Title:	Eleventh Annual Terra Sans Pave Trail Runs
Date:	Saturday August 24th, 2024
Author:	RDs Michelle & Bill Thom

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Eleventh Annual Terra Sans Pave
Trail Runs
[Logo: Terra Sans Pave]

Trail Running Bliss!

Our eleventh annual Terra Sans Pave trail runs was held Saturday August 24th, at Linne Woods in Morton Grove, IL. Typically we use the pavilion at Grove #2 as our start/finish area, but this year got bumped to Grove #1. This relocation did not alter the racecourse distance... advantage: runners got to pass by the bathrooms near completion of each lap; disadvantage: runners had to cross the parking lot at beginning of each new lap. Conditions were clear and sunny with temperatures climbing throughout the day, topping out at 87°F in the late-afternoon. Official statistics for 2024 Terra Sans Pave Trail Runs...

Weather Statistics
Time:	Temp °F	Humidity %	Dew Point °F	Wind MPH	Wind Direction
7:30 am:	66.2	82.77	60.8	-
8:30 am:	71.6	68.81	60.8	4	S
9:30 am:	77	62.21	62.6	4	SSE
10:30 am:	80.6	57.94	64.4	4	S
11:30 am:	84.2	54.9	66.2	7	S
12:30 pm:	86	51.8	66.2	4	SE
1:30 pm:	84.2	54.9	62.2	6	E
2:30 pm:	84.2	58.42	68	6	E
3:30 pm:	84.2	58.42	68	7	E

Race Registration Statistics
Event:	Registered	Started	Finished
4 Kilometer:	2	2	2
8 Kilometer:	22	22	22
Big Lizard 10 Mile:	30	27	26
Terathlon 8 Hour:	44	38	38
Volunteers:	2
Race Totals:	100	89	88

7:31:52 am
Official Starter Jeffrey Fleitz sounded the air horn. Terathlon 8-Hour runners began repeating laps of the 2½-mile racecourse. Their mission... in a clockwise direction, cover as much distance as possible in the span of eight hours. They could orbit our 2½-mile "Big Loop," then as the clock ticked past seven hours switch to our quarter-mile "Little Loop," and continue right up to the 8-hour air-horn signal. Meanwhile traditional-distance runners arrived for check-in and their race start.

9:01:52 am
Jeff blasted the air-horn, signalling the start of event distances, Big Lizard 10-Mile, Terra 8-Km, and Terra 4-Km. At once the entire racecourse was populated with Terra Sans Pave runners... a long winding line of distance-running trail lizards!

11:45 am
Terathletes pursued evermore mileage as traditional distance events were finishing. After running the Terra 8-Km, Michelle returned from a pickup trip with Minelli's Deli sandwiches and more-bags-of-ice. Year-specific pins were earned by all finishers and medals of gold, silver, and bronze were awarded to top runners. Engraved pint-glasses were won by 3-runner "Team Achievers" in traditional distance events.

3:31:52 pm
The end-of-race air-horn signal was given and those Terathletes circling our Little Loop stopped in their tracks. We wheeled-off each Terathlete's extra little-lap distance, which was added to their Little Loop count (multiplied-by ¼), which was added to their Big Loop count (multiplied-by 2½), and calculated distance covered for each Terathlon 8-Hour runner. Year-specific pins were earned by all finishers. Newly minted "Ultra Achiever" heavy medals were earned by all 8-Hour Terathletes who covered more than 26.2 miles; engraved "Ultra Achiever" pint glasses were earned by those who didn't cover 26.2 miles but were still running at the 8-Hour air horn; medals and engraved pint-glasses for age group Podium Achievers; engraved pint-glasses were won by 2-runner Team Achievers.

Terra Sans Pave 4-Km...
Top Finishers:
1st) Pedro Chavez
2nd) Monica Chavez

Terra Sans Pave 8-Km...
Top Female:
1st) Michelle Thom
2nd) Megan Moyer
3rd) Trista Kerr
Top Male:
1st) Barry Clements
2nd) Paul Angarone

Terra Sans Pave Big Lizard 10-Mile...
Top Female:
1st) Amanda Richey
2nd) Heather Calcaterra
3rd) Janelle Silva
Top Male:
1st) Stephan Kulov
2nd) John Pontikis
3rd) Thomas Estka
Top Teams:
1st) Dick Pond - Thomas Estka, Peter Mejorada, Hardik Prajapati

Terra Sans Pave Terathlon 8-Hour...
Top Female:
1st) Rachel Burke: 49.692 miles * Defending Overall Champion, and Female Distance Race Record Holder!
2nd) Ema Lazic: 41.985 miles
3rd) Mary Leonard: 40.75 miles
Top Male:
1st) Kevin Miller: 49.95 miles
2nd) Steven Marvin: 45.0 miles
3rd) Brian Sheridan: 42.5 miles
Top Terathlon 8-Hour Teams:
1st) Dick Pond Lisle 2 - Kevin Miller, Jeffrey Chun: 89.026 miles
2nd) Team DNA - Mark Bowman, Amy Suffecool: 73.918 miles
3rd) Dick Pond Lisle - Radka Cabrera, Jacek Remiasz: 69.0 miles
4th) Steady Eddies - Michael Glennon, Juli Aistars: 61.381 miles

Race conception, production, hosting, timing, webcasting and finish-line scoring managed by our running-company, RunRace. Check out complete Terra Sans Pave event results, including top Terra teams through the links...
Results: Official Results on RunRace
Webcast: Official Webcast on RunRace (with Checkpoint Splits where available)

Let's give a rousing "shout out" to our race volunteers for their generous support of our shared trail-running community:

Pre-race runner check-in: Jeffrey Fleitz, Regina Burke.
Start / Finish line set up: Tom Burke, Michael Glennon, Bill Thom.
Official Race Starters: Jeff Fleitz.
Aid station captains: Regina Burke, Tom Burke, Stephan Kulov, Heather Calcaterra.
Little-Loop tally-master: Stephan Kulov.
Supplies replenishers: Michelle.
Racecourse concept / design / set up / marking: Bill.
Racecourse clean up / flag removal: Tom Burke and Michelle.
Photography: Michelle + Bill.

[Did I miss anyone here?... if you notice a missing or misspelled name please let me know.]

Eleventh Annual Terra Notables...
* Three Terra stand-out veterans earned their 9th-Year finishers' pin: Patti Downey, Linda Leyden, and Tom Kohler.
* Three Terra veterans earned their 8th-Year finishers' pin: Jeni Goodwin, Kristine Yoon, and Boris Tannenbaum.
* Top Ten leaders of Terra Sans Pave all-time accumulated mileage: Jeni Goodwin 259.161, Kristine Yoon 223.498, Jeffrey Fleitz 223.288, Brian Sheridan 218.268, Rachel Burke 197.887, Boris Tannenbaum 185.123, Rachel Weyers 171.825, Edward Peck 169.0, Michael Glennon 145.461, Traci Lambert-Cwerenz 141.485.
* Two Terra Sans Pave Terathletes, Susan Miller and Edward Peck were trail racing one week later at Badgerland Striders 24-12-6 Hour Runs. For the past decade RunRace has provided timing and scoring for this race. Check out Susan's (24-Hours), Edward's (6 Hours - Day), and all BLS 24-12-6 Results.

Congratulations to all who participated in our Eleventh Annual Terra Sans Pave Trail Runs!

Our photo album has been optimized for web-display. If you'd like a "high-resolution" original (suitable for printing) contact me and I will email you with the original digital image... be sure to specify which photo(s) you'd like.

Happy trails to all lizards and running humans this fall and beyond!
Bill: bill@runrace.net

Links & Recaps as Generously Provided by Participants of
Terra Sans Pave!

Eleventh Annual Terra Sans Pave Trail Runs video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zEVWrHc4po

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